Rule 41, titled ''Search and Seizure'', is a rule in the
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Overview
In 2016 an amendment allowed judges to issue warrants allowing the
FBI
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and other
federal law enforcement agencies to use remote access tools to access (hack) computers outside the jurisdiction in which the warrant was granted.
The amendment to the subdivision (b) reads as follows:
:(6) a magistrate judge with authority in any district where activities related to a crime may have occurred has authority to issue a warrant to use remote access to search electronic storage media and to seize or copy electronically stored information located within or outside that district if:
::(A) the district where the media or information is located has been concealed through technological means; or
::(B) in an investigation of a violation of 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030(a)(5), the media are protected computers that have been damaged without authorization and are located in five or more districts
See also
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Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are the procedural rules that govern how federal criminal prosecutions are conducted in United States district courts and the general trial courts of the U.S. government. They are the companion to the Fed ...
References
External links
Rule 41 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Law of the United States
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